Hans Zeller

Hans Zeller was an Austrian Nazi Party member and a gauleiter at the time of the Anschluss with Nazi Germany.

Biography
Hans Zeller was born in Salzburg, Austria-Hungary, and he served in the military during World War I. During the Interwar period, Zeller sympathized with the Nazi Party, and he formed a rivalry with Captain Georg von Trapp, a fellow Austrian World War I veteran, due to Von Trapp's dislike of Nazism. Zeller was appointed the new gauleiter of Austria under Adolf Hitler after the Austrian authorities agreed to the Anschluss annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany, and Zeller attempted to force Von Trapp to head to Bremerhaven in Germany to join the Kriegsmarine navy of Nazi Germany. However, the Von Trapp family escaped Austria with the help of the local Catholic church, and Zeller remained the Mayor of Salzburg and an important Nazi leader in Austria during World War II.